Watch the August 2016 Winning Short Story Reading. 

Reading Performed by actor Becky Shrimpton

DAY OF WHY by Stephen Karnaghan

Get to know the winning writer:

1. What is your 1pg Short Story about?

Weekends for a lot of people are lonely. They may not speak to anyone for two days. So what happens when someone speaks to a lonely person?

2. What genres would you say this short story is in?

Social.

3. How would you describe this story in two words?

Personality change

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

The film that I watch often is Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance with a score by Philip Glass.

5. How long have you been working on this story?

I had written this story several years ago and was not happy with it. When I became interested in only expressing the theme I was able to get rid…

Watch the August 2016 Winning Short Story Reading. 

Reading Performed by actor Becky Shrimpton

ALL LIVES MATTER! by Ruth Andrews Garnes

Get to know the winning writer:

1. What is your 1pg Short Story about?

This piece is about the times we are living in and the senseless loss of lives. There’ve been lost of cops and citizens lives. This piece was a part of a piece I wrote called “Dr. King’s Dream” I added to it after the killings in Dallas but the original piece remains as was written in my poetry collection called “The Cry of our Children.”

2. What genres would you say this short story is in?

I would say this piece was written as a tragic historical event.

3. How would you describe this story in two words?

Heart felt.

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

Pretty Woman.

5. How long have you…

Watch the August 2016 Winning Short Story Reading. 

Reading Performed by actor Becky Shrimpton

A Dangerous Occupation by Randall Krzak

Get to know the winning writer:

1. What is your 1pg Short Story about?

Olivia, the leader of a drug cartel, tries to juggle a normal family life with
the ugly realities of her enterprise. Someone invades her home, with
shots fired and then–silence.

2. What genres would you say this short story is in?

FIC002000 FICTION/Action & Adventure
FIC030000 FICTION/Thrillers / Suspense
FIC031010 FICTION/Thrillers / Crime

3. How would you describe this story in two words?

Action-packed (is that one word?( and suspensful

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

Most of the movies I watch are action and adventure.
Probably one I’ve watched the most would be Independence
Day, both in English and a foreign language.

5. How long have you been working on this story?

About…

One More Last Call  by Forrest Simcoe

Reading Performed by actor Becky Shrimpton

Get to know the winning writer: 

1. What is your 1pg Short Story about?

My story is about two people coming to terms with the fact that their relationship is over. It starts in the aftermath of the breakup, and so much of their history is hinted at throughout the story. This is their final goodbye to each other; accepting that it’s the end for them not only as lovers, but for their deep friendship as well.

2. What genres would you say this short story is in?

Drama, Romance.

3. How would you describe this story in two words?

Love. Acceptance.

4. What movie have you seen the most in your life?

Oh man, it’s probably a tie between Donnie Darko and A Walk to Remember – two vastly different films, I know, but they have always…